Joshua 3
1599 Geneva Bible
3 3 Joshua commandeth them to depart when the Ark removeth. 7 The Lord promiseth to exalt Joshua before the people. 9 Joshua’s exhortation to the people. 16 The waters part asunder while the people pass.
1 Then Joshua rose very early, and they removed from Shittim, and came to [a]Jordan, he, and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they went over.
2 And after [b]three days, the officers went throughout the host,
3 And commanded the people, saying, When ye see the Ark of the covenant of the Lord your God and the Priests of the Levites bearing it, ye shall depart from your place, and go after it.
4 Yet shall there be a space between you and it, about [c]two thousand cubits by measure: ye shall not come near unto it, that ye may know the way, by the which ye shall go: for ye have not gone this way in times past.
5 (Now Joshua had said unto the people, (A)Sanctify yourselves: for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.)
6 Also Joshua spake unto the Priests, saying, Take up the Ark of the covenant, and go over before the people: so they took up the Ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
7 ¶ Then the Lord said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, which shall know, that (B)as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee.
8 Thou shalt therefore command the Priests that bear the Ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the waters of Jordan, ye shall stand still [d]in Jordan.
9 ¶ Then Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord your God.
10 And Joshua said, [e]Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will certainly cast out before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
11 Behold, the Ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the world passeth before you into Jordan.
12 Now therefore take from among you [f]twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
13 And as soon as the soles of the feet of the Priests (that bear the Ark of the Lord God the Lord of all the world) shall stay in the waters of Jordan, the waters of Jordan shall be cut off: for the waters that come from above, (C)shall stand still upon an heap.
14 ¶ Then when the people were departed from their tents to go over Jordan, the Priests bearing the (D)Ark of the covenant, went before the people.
15 And as they that bare the Ark, came unto Jordan, and the feet of the Priests that bare the Ark were dipped in the brink of the water, ((E)for Jordan useth to fill all his [g]banks all the time of harvest)
16 Then the waters that came down from above, stayed and rose upon an heap, and departed far from the city of Adam that was beside Zaretan: but the waters that came down toward the Sea of the wilderness, even the salt Sea, failed and were cut off: so the people went right over against Jericho.
17 But the Priests that bare the Ark of the covenant of the Lord, stood dry within Jordan [h]ready prepared, and all the Israelites went over dry, until all the people were clean gone over through Jordan.
Footnotes
- Joshua 3:1 Which according to the Hebrews was in March, and about 40 days after Moses’ death.
- Joshua 3:2 Which time was given for to prepare them victuals, Josh. 1:11.
- Joshua 3:4 Or, a mile.
- Joshua 3:8 Even in the channel where the stream had run, as verse 17.
- Joshua 3:10 By this miracle in dividing the water.
- Joshua 3:12 Which should set up twelve stones in remembrance of the benefit.
- Joshua 3:15 Because the river was accustomed at this time to be full, the miracle is so much the greater.
- Joshua 3:17 Either tarrying till the people were past, or as some read, sure, as though they had been upon the dry land.
Josué 3
Biblia del Jubileo
3 ¶ Josué se levantó de mañana, y partieron de Sitim, y vinieron hasta el Jordán, él y todos los hijos de Israel, y reposaron allí antes que pasaran.
2 Y pasados tres días, los oficiales atravesaron por en medio del campamento,
3 y mandaron al pueblo, diciendo: Cuando viereis el arca del pacto del SEÑOR vuestro Dios, y los sacerdotes levitas que la llevan, vosotros partiréis de vuestro lugar, y marcharéis en pos de ella.
4 Pero entre vosotros y ella haya distancia como de la medida de dos mil codos; y no os acercaréis a ella, a fin de que sepáis el camino por donde habéis de ir; por cuanto vosotros no habéis pasado antes de ahora por este camino.
5 Y Josué dijo al pueblo: Santificaos, porque el SEÑOR hará mañana entre vosotros maravillas.
6 Y habló Josué a los sacerdotes, diciendo: Tomad el arca del pacto, y pasad delante del pueblo. Y ellos tomaron el arca del pacto, y fueron delante del pueblo.
7 ¶ Entonces el SEÑOR dijo a Josué: Desde este día comenzaré a hacerte grande delante de los ojos de todo Israel, para que entiendan que como estuve con Moisés, así estaré contigo.
8 Tú, pues, mandarás a los sacerdotes que llevan el arca del pacto, diciendo: Cuando hubiereis entrado hasta el borde del agua del Jordán, pararéis en el Jordán.
9 Y Josué dijo a los hijos de Israel: Llegaos acá, y escuchad las palabras del SEÑOR vuestro Dios.
10 Y añadió Josué: En esto conoceréis que el Dios viviente está en medio de vosotros, y que él echará de delante de vosotros al cananeo, y al heteo, y al heveo, y al ferezeo, y al gergeseo, y al amorreo, y al jebuseo.
11 He aquí, el arca del pacto del Señoreador de toda la tierra pasa el Jordán delante de vosotros.
12 Tomad, pues, ahora doce hombres de las tribus de Israel, de cada tribu uno.
13 Y cuando las plantas de los pies de los sacerdotes que llevan el arca del SEÑOR Señoreador de toda la tierra, descansen en las aguas del Jordán, las aguas del Jordán serán cortadas; porque las aguas que descienden de arriba se detendrán en un montón.
14 ¶ Y aconteció, que partiendo el pueblo de sus tiendas para pasar el Jordán, y los sacerdotes delante del pueblo llevando el arca del pacto,
15 cuando los que llevaban el arca entraron en el Jordán, así como los pies de los sacerdotes que llevaban el arca fueron mojados a la orilla del agua, (porque el Jordán suele reverter sobre todos sus bordes todo el tiempo de la siega,)
16 las aguas que descendían de arriba, se cortaron como en un montón bien lejos de la ciudad de Adam, que está al lado de Saretán; y las que descendían al mar de los llanos, al mar Salado, se acabaron y fueron cortadas; y el pueblo pasó frente a Jericó.
17 Mas los sacerdotes que llevaban el arca del pacto del SEÑOR, estuvieron en seco, firmes en medio del Jordán, hasta que todo el pueblo hubo acabado de pasar el Jordán; y todo Israel pasó en seco.
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